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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Aleks Krotoski

Crazy Frog to usher in Olympic year

Dear Lord no. MCV reports that Crazy Frog, possibly the most irritating viral audio file to spread its ooze across the internet, will hound all good citizens of the Earth for at least the next 5 years.

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Time to invest in some new earplugs - Myriad Interactive has signed a five-year contract with Eric Wernquist and Kaktus Film for their The Annoying Thing property, ensuring that it will appear in kid's games in Europe until at least 2012.



The UK may have done well at the Oscars, but with properties like this and the appalling Little Britain license, brought to our consoles by London-based Blast! Entertainment, it's unlikely we'll win awards at interactive competitions. Have we sold our souls to stay in the global gaming marketplace?

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